How to Replace the Spring in a Pull-Down Shade

Spring-roller window shades, or pull-down shades, have a metal tube and a piece of fabric that wraps around the tube to roll up or down. A coiled spring and ratchet work inside the tube to adjust the shade; an adjustable pin at one end and a stationary pin at the other allow the tube to turn. Over time, the spring inside a roller shade can wear out. Sometimes the shade spring just needs tension adjusting, but it can also break and need replacing.

Things You'll Need

• Replacement spring
• Pliers

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Take the roller shade out of the mounting brackets in the window frame.

   • 2

     Grip the adjustable pin with pliers and turn clockwise to loosen the latch, or pawl, inside so you can remove the spring.

   • 3

     Pull out the pawl and spring.

   • 4

     Insert the new spring and replace the pawl.

   • 5

     Turn the pin counterclockwise with the pliers.

   • 6

     Return the roller shade to the mounting brackets.